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. FLORIM JolArol CONSERVANCY DISTRICT Peroanent Changes in the Status of Water Allotment Contrscts Reallocation aod Transfer of Water Allotments There are several pertinent facts regarding the individual water allotments which should be recognized by the allottees. First: The original water allotments were r.JS.Cl.e by voluntary petitions of the land o\lners reCluestiDg a certain mur,ber of acre- feet of water and, thereafter, an order of the Board of Directors was entered allottiDg a definite number of acre-foot units of water to the lands described in the ovners' petitions. . Second: An :lllotoent of an acre-foot of water means that the allottee is entitled to beneficial use of one-twenty flofe thousand seven hundred fortieths (1/25',740) of the annual supply of project irrigation vater available to the CO~Aervancy District and made available for irrigation by the board. PaYJJJent for such vater shall not be reduced because of a shortage of project irrigation water and no liability shall accrue against the District or the United States or their officers, agents, or employees as a result thereof. Third: By 1av and contract, the allotment is attached to the described land for assessL~ut purposes. It makes the land subject to an annual assessment o~ charges as provided in the original peti- tion and order for the use of the vater and. becomes a tax lien against the land and collectible aloDg with other taxes. The allot- ment follovs the land vhenever the entire tract is conveyed from one party to another. The allotment is not modified or changed by such transaction. Hovever, the District should be notified of such tral~- action so that the allottee records may be appropriately cl~nged. Fourth: l-bdifications or chaDge of an allotment occurs vhen prop~rty is divided in ovnership or vhen it is requested tr~t vater be per~~nentlj' moved to other land than that to vhich it is already attached. As provided by the Conservancy District .':;'ct, only the District Board is given the pover to reallocate or transfer the vater supply of the District. Such i:JOdii'ications or changes ':JUst be made by action and order of the Board of Directors and in addition the apprcv::.1 of the United states must also be obtained p\:Tsuant to the provisions of the repaJ'lJJent contract betlieen the United States aod the Florida \later Conservancy District. The Act also E;ives to the Board the po\ler to I:la~~e and eni'orce all reasonable rules a:1d regulations. . 1